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121.264Mini-project 1 — Improvisation-to-Composition
Record:
10-minute improvisation.
Rules:
one tonal center
one meter
no stopping.
Then:
- identify 3 interesting fragments
- choose one
- reduce to DNA
- assign formal role
- write 24-bar piece around it
- retain one flexible improvisational section
- record finished version
This is the core project.